As someone else mentioned TiVo recently filed a petition with the FCC asking for a waiver so they do not have to include analog support in their next generation units. They specifically mention in the waiver request that at least one of the units will support OTA.

We don't know the exact configuration of the units but we do know for a fact, from TiVos own petition to the FCC, that there will be one that supports OTA.

Technically, just because TiVo mentions DTV (antenna) in their FCC filing doesn't mean they have to make an OTA DVR.
They are covering their bases so they CAN, if they choose to do so.

I sure hope they choose to do so, otherwise I'll just stick with what I have now and never buy another TiVo product.

Usually by the time they file these things they already have the product designed. I doubt they would mention OTA in the filing if they weren't planning on actually supporting it.

Edit: I was just re-reading the waiver request and this part seems to prove that they are intending to make a OTA unit...

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The requested waivers will allow TiVo to continue its history of expanding consumer choice in the retail set-top box market through the introduction of new all-digital devices. The devices subject to the requested waivers are part of the next generation of TiVo's all-digital "Premiere" line, for which the Commission previously granted TiVo waivers of portions of the "Digital Cable Ready" certification, marketing, and labeling rules (the DCRRules). TiVo therefore requires an extension of the existing waiver for those devices. One model of TiVo's new all-digital DVRs would include ATSC over-the-air reception capability; this model, therefore, requires waiver of both the DCR Rules and Section 15.117(b)'s dual analog/digital tuner requirement.

They specifically reference the "next generation" of Premiere units and are specifically asking for the waiver to be extended to include rules in the OTA mandates as well as the digital cable ones.

Usually by the time they file these things they already have the product designed. I doubt they would mention OTA in the filing if they weren't planning on actually supporting it.

Edit: I was just re-reading the waiver request and this part seems to prove that they are intending to make a OTA unit...

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They specifically reference the "next generation" of Premiere units and are specifically asking for the waiver to be extended to include rules in the OTA mandates as well as the digital cable ones.

Yeah, that wording leaves me hopeful. We'll just have to wait and see.

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Originally Posted by Bigg

What mandates are there in OTA rules? There is no OTA analog anymore...

At this time, low power independant stations are still allowed to broadcast in analog.
I think there is a cutoff when analog is to be abandoned completely, but that hasn't happened yet (2015?)
And until that time comes, you need a waiver from the FCC to exclude analog tuning capability in any product put forth to consumers.

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At this time, low power independant stations are still allowed to broadcast in analog.
I think there is a cutoff when analog is to be abandoned completely, but that hasn't happened yet (2015?)
And until that time comes, you need a waiver from the FCC to exclude analog tuning capability in any product put forth to consumers.

Oh man, the FCC needs to grow a pair. They should have done a total cutover not long after the initial cut-over.

You seriously underestimate the ability of rural Americans to scream at the FCC and their elected representatives over the need to get a digital tuner box for that 30 year old set they still watch.

I hope you are joking -

The one I know of in the Rochester NY area is a home shopping network and doesn't have enough strength to make it very far out of the city. There were other low power stations again all in or near the city but I think most have gone away or converted to digital the last one to convert that I know about was the MyTV network again it was near the city not in the Rural areas.

Frankly I agree with the sentiment that it is BS that these things are still around.

I have a question. I have my Mini connected to a P4. It works as advertised. I can watch both live TV and recorded shows. I also have a P2 and it can also see that and play anything in the My Shows folder. I thought it would not work at all with a P2 or is it just that it cannot watch live tv on the P2.

In addition I was a little bothered that my 4 tuner had to become a 3 tuner but since I have not encountered a time when I need all 4 tuners recording it has not been a problem. Even if it was I can set the Mini to record the fourth show if needed and just not watch anything while it is recording. So from my perspective it seems like some of the short comings are not as bad as I originally thought. Am I missing something?

I set up a recording from the mini and it recorded. What tuner recorded if not the one assigned to the mini?

It records on the host 4 tuner unit. i.e. The Mini is just a front end to the host unit for anything to do with setting up recordings, season passes, etc. The tuner used for live TV by the Mini is actually barred from recording anything except for live TV for the purpose of viewing on the Mini. Since the host unit only has 3 tuners left for recording in this situation, you can only record up to 3 things at a time.

It records on the host 4 tuner unit. i.e. The Mini is just a front end to the host unit for anything to do with setting up recordings, season passes, etc. The tuner used for live TV by the Mini is actually barred from recording anything except for live TV for the purpose of viewing on the Mini. Since the host unit only has 3 tuners left for recording in this situation, you can only record up to 3 things at a time.

You are right. I just did a record and then looked at the P4 to see which tuner was being used and it was one of the unused 3. What about the ability of watching recorded shows on the P2. Is that my imagination? I thought the P2 could not be accessed by the Mini or is that only for live TV?

You can watch recordings from any 2-tuner Premiere on your network. Some people on this forum have reported that they disconnected their 4-tuner boxes from the network and it continued to work from 2-tuner boxes, but with some type of error message. But nobody has tried removing their 4-tuner box from their TiVo account, as far as I know.

You cannot watch a live tuner from a 2-tuner box, because it has no option to allow a tuner for remote devices.

You can watch recordings from any 2-tuner Premiere on your network. Some people on this forum have reported that they disconnected their 4-tuner boxes from the network and it continued to work from 2-tuner boxes, but with some type of error message. But nobody has tried removing their 4-tuner box from their TiVo account, as far as I know.

You cannot watch a live tuner from a 2-tuner box, because it has no option to allow a tuner for remote devices.

Here is the error screen, when trying to access the two tuner, after disconnecting the Host, four tuner.